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Gopher Basketball It’s been a long time since I’ve felt this good about a loss, and that seems to be the general mood on the message board as well. Sure, moral victories don’t get you much, and they can become a habit. But this one feels different. Alabama is ranked #19 in the country and […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Those of us who stayed up into the wee hours of Thursday morning to listen to Minnesota’s opening game of the Great Alaska Shootout were treated to a big win and an impressive performance by the Gophers. The average person might see that Minnesota defeated Furman 84-69 and say “so what”, but we […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball The Gopher women’s basketball team returns home this weekend to host the Subway Classic after having a 31-game non-conference regular season winning streak snapped in a 72-67 overtime loss to the University of Washington on Monday. The Gophers, who have been without All-American center Janel McCarville in the first two games, hope to […] READ MORE
Gopher Football With the Gophers enduring many problems over the past few weeks, there were a lot of chances for many different positions to try and right the ship. Maybe the last area you’d expect to do well against Iowa in, the running game, had its most impressive performance of the season. But for as […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Over the last few years, Gopher fans have demanded increased speed and quickness, and that is exactly what they were treated to Friday night as Minnesota beat St. Cloud State 81-58. But it was not the men in maroon and gold that provided this change in speed, rather it was the K-9 halftime […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports Seniors Erin Martin, Trisha Bratford, Lisa Reinhardt and Lindsey Taatjes have brought the Gopher Volleyball team to new heights during their four years, including an NCAA Final Four, a Big Ten title and a run as the nation’s top ranked school. Coach Hebert has turned the hard work of these special players […] READ MORE
Gopher Football After serving up their first Big Ten shut-out in nearly a decade and a half last week and giving up 51 points the week before, what direction the Golden Gopher defense goes this week is anyone’s guess. With the sudden improvement at linebacker, the depth in the secondary, and the ferocity of the […] READ MORE
Other Gopher Sports The 2nd ranked Gopher volleyball team emerged from Indiana this weekend with a 20-2 record behind the strong play of sophomore setter Kelly Bowman. For her outstanding performances this weekend, Bowman earned National Player of the Week and co-Big Ten Player of the Week honors. The Minnesota sweep, coupled with Ohio State’s […] READ MORE
Gopher Basketball Intra-squad scrimmages are often tough on the fans as many times down the court fans are happy with a defensive stop, but frustrated with the offense; then fans get excited about a no-look pass, but unhappy that the defense is not playing tighter off-the-ball. That sentiment continued Saturday at The Barn as the […] READ MORE
Gopher Football The Minnesota defense gets its first shot to prove that last Saturday’s debacle at Michigan State was a fluke. The Gophers had problems in about every area imaginable versus the Spartans, and they really have no where to go but up. Illinois will present an offense than can be dangerous, but if they […] READ MORE